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VOLUME 7; NUMBER 40
WITH THE
BOYS IH SERVICE
GEORGE BROWNING KILLED
Mrs Nellie Adams Browning: re
ceived word Monday from the War
department of the death of her son,
Lieut. George Blalock Browning, 22,
who was killed in action on the Bel
gian border January 4. Lieut. Brown
ing was a student at the Citadel in
Charleston and would have graduated
in the class of ’44 had he continued
his studies. He had been overseas
since last September with the in
fantry. His father, Jas. L. Brown
ing, of Goldville, died just before
Christmas. Surviving besides his
mother is a sister, Miss Violet
Browning, a student at Furman uni
versity, and his grandmother, Mrs.
M. E. Browning. His mother makes
her home here with her sister. Miss
Mattie Adams, on Wilson street.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945
$1.00 PER ANNUM
GILLIAM KILLED IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gilliam have
been notified by the War Depart
ment of the death of their son, Pfc.
Floyd V. Gilliam, killed in action in
Belgium on December 28.
Pfc. Gilliam entered the service on
October 25, 1943 and received his
training a t Camp Wheeler, Georgia,
and Fort Meade, Maryland. He went
overseas in March 1944, and landed
in France two days after D - Day
as replacement to the Second divis
ion. There he met his brother, Pfc!
John D. Gilliam who was serving
with this infantry division and they
served together until his . death. A
third brother, James M. Gilliam is
also in France. Besides his parents,
he is survived by five sisters and
four brothers.
RAT KILLER
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JIMMY SEASE S 1-C R. D. M.
with headquaters in Philadelphia,
Pa., is spending this week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sease on
Nance street.
CLAUDE T. IBUZHAitDT, has
been promoted from the rank of
Store-keeper 3-C to Store-keeper ?-
C at Little Creek, Va., where he is
stationed.
He is the son of Mrs. Elpsie Buz-
hardt, 708 Boundary street.
LIEUT. RAY ,BOUKNIGHT writes
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Bouknight, that he has been trans-
fered from a hospital in France to
England and is doing nicely. Lieut.
Bouknight, a member of the 101 Air
Borne division, 501st Paratroops, was
wounded in Belgium December 19th
He would like to get letters from
friends at this address: DOP US
Army Hospital PI. 4208, APO 598,
care Postmaster, New York.
LIEUT. AND MRS. CHARLES E.
RAGLAND are spending this week
in the home of Mrs. Ragland’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Summer on
Main street. Lieut. Ragland is sta
tioned at Arlington, Virginia where
he is a member of the Signal corps.
PFC. BILLY DOMINICK recently
reported to New River, N. C., after
spending a 30 day furlough with his
grandmother, Mrs. Fred Gardiner, at
701 Caldwell steet. Pfc. Dominick
is a member of the First Marine
corps. He was on duty in the SW
Pacific theatre of operations 26
months prior to his furlough. He
jwas awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in Palileu Island on
September 21. He has also been
awarded six Silver Stars for com
bat duty.
HARRY BUZHARDT writes his
mother, Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt that he
was promoted from captain to the
rank of major on January 13 in the
Pacific theater of operations. He is
only 25 years old.
PVT. SHELTON PROCTOR re
cently arrived at Welch Convalescent
Hospital, the Army’s new condition
ing center in Daytona Beach, Florida,
j The carefully-planned reconditioning
Major Buzhardt recently returned pr °* ram convalescence
to the Pacific area after spending a an £ aSS ' 3t ^ ratun to ^d health
30 day leave in the states with his „ Pnv r ate g roctor ’ Mr - and
mother, and wife, the former Keller Mrs - Lem Pn>ctor ’ 1101 Fair street -
Young of Whitmire.
Dr. and Mrs. O. B. CANNON re
cently received a letter from their
son. Lieutenant Olin Cannon from a
hospital in England where he has
been transfered from France, saying
that he had been awarded the Purple
Heart, “but that was one medal he
didn’t care to get.” He also stated
that he was doing fine and would
soon be up and about in a rolling
chair. His address is 1st. Lt. Olin
B. Cannon, Jr. 0-460090, 4188 U. S.
Hospital Plant, APO no. 209, in care
of Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
CAPT. NEWTON RALPH LES
TER has been recently awarded the
Bronze star for “meritorious duty”
.performed from July until Novem
ber 1944 as liason officer with Chi
nese Troops under combat condi
tions. He has also been awarded
the Infantryman’s Combat badge.
Capt. Lester is a Clemson graduate
and has been in the China-Burma
India theatre of operations for more
than a year, and is now in China.
MRS. FRED GARDINER has re
ceived a letter from her grandson,
PFC. JACK DOMINICK. It was
written last week from Belgium and
was the first word she had had from
him since Dec. 1. He said “I am
writing this letter on Christmas
day from the home of an old French
couple who have been very nice to
me. The old French lady is now
cooking a Christmas dinner for me.”
GPL. E. A. DOMINICK, who is on
duty in the SW Pacific theatre of
operations has sent his mother, Mrs.
Fred Gardiner a box of Japanese
souvenirs which he gathered up in
the Pacific area. The box contained
a money belt, a box of pencils, a Jap
flag, post cards and several other
articles. Cpl. Dominick has been on
duty in the Pacific for the past 28
months. He writes that he hopes to
get home before very long.
entered the service in March, 1944 at
Fort Bragg, N. C.
His wife, Mrs. Mae Padgett Proc
tor a nd daughter, Virginia, are mak
ing their home in Saluda.
CAPT. ELMER E. EPTING ar
rived in the states about ten days
ago and was sent to a General Hos
pital in Thomsonville, Ga. He ar
rived in Newberry Wednesday to
spend a leave with his wife, the for
mer Noami Ruff and son, Gene, who
have been making their home with
Mrs. Epting’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Holland H. Ruff in the county. Capt.
Epting was wounded in France some
time ago and was awarded the pur
ple heart. He had been on duty
overseas about a year when wounded.
WHEN EIGHT JAPANESE soldier* infiltrated to within ‘three hundred-
feet of a Marine aviation bivouas area recently PF’C. BENJAMIN'LEE
KILGORE, 23, spotted their hideuot an died a patrol of the Army’s 81st
(Wildcat) division to the spot. The eight Nips were killed and Kilgore
brought back this Jap rifle and flag to show for the afternoon’s activi
ties. A graduate of Newberry college in the class of 1943, Kilgore en
listed in December of the same year and has been overseas four months.
Pfc. Kilgore is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilgore, route 2 Newberry
CORPORAL HEYWARD BOOZ
ER son of Mr. and Mrs. Blair Booz
er, route 1, Silverstreet, is a member
of the maintenance crew that keep
the huge tansport planes flying out
of AAF Air Transport Command’s
Miami Army Air Field.
Not many of the crew have been
higher off the ground than a dou
ble-deck bunk, and their glory comes
second-hand But they form the
ground crews whose industry and in
genuity play a big part in the records
ATC is setting evey day in carry
ing high-priority material and per
sonnel to war theaters all over the
world on such runs as the famed
Fireball Expess between Miami and
India.
CLARENCE M. SMITH, JR., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Smith
of Kinards, received a commission
as second lieutenant in the medical
administrative corps a t Army Ser
vice Forces Training Center, Camp
Barkeley, Texas, Officer Candidate
School graduation on January 18th.
Lieutenant Smith is a graduate of
Newberry college and Harvid Uni
versity and did post-graduate work
at Duke University. When he en
tered the service in July 1942, he
was assistant professor of history at
Newberry college.
SGT. WILLIAM C. AMMONS, SR.
is! with an engineer fire fighter unit,
which was recently commended by
the Commanding General of the
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces and
the 15th Air Forces, and by the
Commanding officer of the AAF En
gineer command, for alertness, ef
ficiency, and courage at a time of
great danger.
The unit, assigned to an air base
to combat plane crash fires, arrived
on the scene shortly after a battle.
Part of the bomb load had scattered
and exploded, but the remainder was
still in the wrecked, burning plane.
Facing great danger, Sergeant Am
mons a nd the men removed the
trapped crew members from the
blazing wreckage and put the fire
under control. Sergeant Ammons
joined the service in July 1943 and
has seen nine months overseas ser
vice as a utility section chief with
the aviation engineers. His wife,
Mrs. Sybil Lee Ammons and their
two children, Betty and Cecil, Jr.
live at 1919 Nance streete.
SjSGT. HOWARD E. (GENE)
HEIRS has been awarded the Com
bat Infantryman badge for superior
performance of duty on the front
lines in France.
Sgt. Heirs is a member of the
6th Army, 398 Infantry, 100th Div
ision which went through the bap
tism of fire, an experience few sol
diers forget, and they have special
reasons never to forget theirs for
they went into action for the first
time in one of the tougnest sectors
of the long Sixth Army Group front
in Eastern France.
The enemy had prepared positions
in dense forests. Their dugouts
were deep, covered with logs, and
well camouflaged. Their artillery was
placed on the mountain heights that
rose above the forest level. Tank
traps, booby-traps and land mines,
many of the latter ingeniously fitted
with trip-wires, blocked the narrow
routes and paths through the for
est. Still against military obstacles
like these, against a fanatic enemy,
and in weather conditions that in
cluded rain and snow and ankle-
deep mud, the 398th proceeded with
out delay to help take Baccarat, to
cross the swift, flooded Muerth rivet
and to press the Nazis back toward
the Rhine.
Sergeant Heirs has been in the
service nearly three years and over
seas three months. His wife, the
former Gladys McAlpine, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Nichols, and
their daughter, Rebecca, are making
their home here on Main street while
Sgt. Heirs is' overseas.
LOMINACK BUYS GROCERY
Frazier Lominack has bought the
stock and equipment of the Square
Grocery from Edgar C. Paysinger,
and will take personal management
of the business which is located at
Main and Nance streets. Mr. Lomi
nack has been a salesman for' a
wholesale grocery house at Laurens
for the past nine years and has
made his home in that city. How
ever, he is a native of the county
and will be welcomed back home by
many friends. He and his family
will live in an apartment on Cald.
well street.
CRUSADE RALLY CANCELED
LIEUT. ROBERT H. PARKS
whites his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. G. Parks from a hospital in Eng
land saying that he is doing fine
and expects to be sent back to duty
about the middle of February.
Lieutenant Parks, a member of
the 501st Parachute Infantry, has
been awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in Belgium on Dec
ember 19th.
FRANCIS SCURRY IN HOSPITAL
AT NEW YORK
The Crusade Rally for Newberry
Methodist which was scheduled for
Wednesday night at Central church
with Bishop Clare Purcell as prin
cipal speaker, has been called off by
the Conference Crusade Council in
compliance with government efforts
to conserve gasoline.
WATTERS HAVE DAUGHTER
Lieut. a nd Mrs. J. S. Watters an
nounce the arrival of a daughter,
Elizabeth Laurie, born at the New
berry Hospital! on January 11th. Lt.
Watters is on duty in the Central
Pacific. Mrs. Watters is the former
Mary Elizabeth Moore, daughter of
Dr. a nd Mrs. E. H. Moore.
V-MAIL ALWAYS GOES BY
AIR—regular air mail does not. That
is one of the reasons why the Army
is constantly urging the public to
send V-mail. “Mail that is ear-mark
ed ‘air mail’ does not always go by
plane for the simple reason that the
increasing overseas trop strength,
urgent demand for air cago space
coupled with adrese flying conditions
during the ■winter months does not
give promise of improvement in the
transportation of overseas a ir mail,”
states Lt. Col. Hartley B. Dean,
Fourth Service Command postal of
ficer.
He further stated: “Some people
do not understand why V-mail re
ceived in this country arrives in the
original form and not microfilmed.
John Francis Scurry, son of Mr. This is true because times when the
and Mrs. John B. Scurry of Chap- planes are returning to the United
pells is in the Doctor’s Hospital at States they have more cargo space
New York where he underwent a available than on the outbound flight,
major operation last Wednesday. Thus V-mail delivery becomes even
His condition is reported to be sat
isfactory.
quicker when time doesn’t have to be
utilized for microfilming.”
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF
PERSONAL INTEREST
Miss Betty Tinsley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Tinsley, Boun
dary street is staying with her aunt,
Mrs. W. D. Renolds in Greenville
while undergoing treatments for her
ears and nose.
A. H. Counts, connected with the
Internal Revenue department in
Greenville, is attending a school for
Deputy Collectors in Columbia this
week.
Mrs. O. O. Copeland and Mrs. W.
|C. Schenck attended the funeral of
| Mrs. Copeland’s uncle, John T.
Blakely in Clinton Tuesday.
Mrs. Wyche Dickert of Columbia
spent last week in the home of her
son-in-law and daughter, Prof, and
Mrs. Charlie Bower® on Johnstone
street.
Mrs. Sara Wallace of Columbia
was a business visitor in the city
Tuesday.
Miss Brantley Pelham of Columbia
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mre. W. E. Pelham on Harrington
street.
Miss Elizabeth Harman attended
the Georgia' Ice Association meet
ing held in Atlanta last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Nichols spent
last Friday and Saturday in Char
lotte, N. C., where Mr. Nichols at
tended the Board of Governors
meeting of the Southern Textile As
sociation.
Miss Eva James Davis, Mrs. F. G.
Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Car
lisle and son Jimmy of Lyman, were
weekend visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Graham in Ro
chelle, Georgia. They were accom
panied back to Newberry Sunday by
Mrs. M. P. Davis who had been on
a three week’s visit with her daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Graham.
Charlie C. West, of St. Louis, Mo.
is spending a few days in the city
witt. his mother, Mrs. Corie West,
on Boundary street Mr. West, now
in the insurance business was an
employee of the late Col. Aull
Among his first jobs as a “printer’s
devil” was feed a press on a 50,000
run of booklets for a life insurance
company.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallace will
leave today (Friday) for St. Louis,
Mo. where Mr. Wallace goes ' on
business for REA.
Mrs. Cecil Williams is spending a
few days in Columbia with her sis
ter, Mrs. Clinton Brandon.
Miss Stella Senn, a teacher in the
Great Falls schools spent the week
end in the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Senn, on Col
lege street
Mr. and Mrs. David Williams and
son, Jimmy, of Hartsville were
weekend visitors in the home of
Mr. Williams parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. Williams on Mayer Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith, of
Orangeburg were weekend visitors in
the home of Mrs. Smith’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ruff in the
county.
LOST: Child’s bracelet on Main
street, Wednesday, Jan. 27. Name
on bracelet, Eleanor. If found noti
fy C. I. BOOZER or telephone 120J
and receive reward.
Griffin Coleman spent the week
end in Jacksonville, Florida with
his brother and sister-in-law, Lieut,
and Mrs. C- D. Coleman.
FOR SALE: MILK COW with
calf. Call George E. Stone at 93-W.
The following young people were
received into the communicant mem
bership of Summer Memorial church
last Sunday: Helen Doris Corley,
Guerry Alvin Fulmer, Dewey Ger
ald Golden, Henry Edwin Gause,
Aileen Gause, Betty Jean Gause,
James Ralph Hamm, Patsy Ann Har
man, Betty Lou Hipp, George Ben-
net Shealy, Ellen Elaine Turner and
Olivia Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harman, Jr.,
of Columbia visited their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Betchman and
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Harman, here
last Sunday.
Mrs. Thos. H. PoPpe, Sr., left
Wednesday for a visit with Mrs.
Frances Furman in Abbeville. Mrs.
Funnan was formerly a resident of
Newberry and was connected with
the firm of Haltiwanger and Car
penter, as milliner.
Mrs. J. C. Peery, who has been a
teacher in the grammar schools of
the city for some years, has re
signed her position to take up church
work with the United Lutheran sy
nod and left this week for a visit
with relatives in Hickory and Cata-
waba, N. C., before proceeding to
Detroit, Michigan where she will be
located. Mrs. Peery has been a res
ident of Newberry for many yeas
and has a host of friends who re
gret her departure.
NEWBERRY PUBLIC CORDIALLY J
INVITED TO ATTEND NAVY V-12
REVIEW SATURDAY AFERNOON
As a special feature of the New
berry College Mid-winter Festivities
on Saturday, January 27, 1945, the
Navy V-12 Trainees will have
military review on the athletic field
of Newberry College at 1430 (2:30 p.
m.) weather permitting. The citi
zens of Newberry are cordially in
vited to attend this review.
The Navy V-12 Program has been
>n existence at Newberry College
since its opening on July 1943. Its
personnel has included young Ap
prenticed seamen of the Navy from
all sections of the United States.
Many of the trainees have had ex
tended service in combat zones of
both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceana
aboard battleships, airerft carriers,
cruisers, destroyers and other craft
of our Navy in all the zones of
Naval Warfare. Newberry College
has rendered a great service to the
nation and to the Navy in preparing
these boys for advanced training in
both general service and aeronauti
cal division. Many of the Trainees
who have gone through Newberry
College have now taken their place®
as officers in the various activities
of the Navy.
The City of Newberry has been
benefited by having as their guests,
this highly selected group of men
in their midst, who in the future
will look back upon Newberry as
their home during their Navy train
ing. The Review on Saturday af
ternoon will present an opportunity
to the city to see these Trainees as
a unit. They will be entertained by
a beautiful Mid-winter dance in the
gymnasium by the Social Council of
Newberry College from Saturday
evening from eight to twelve.
Following the Review the Quarters
of the Trainees in both Smeltcer
Hall and Men’s dormitory will be
open for inspection of tNe public
from 3:30 p m.. to 5:00 p. m.
LOOKING DOWN
MEMORY LANE
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Mrs. James Browning and child
ren of Goldville spent several days
last week with her mother, Mrs.
John C. Adams.
Mrs. Oscar Summer left Friday
for Charlottesville, Va., to visit her
sister, Mrs. B. W. Archer.
Mrs. J< W. M. Simmons is visiting
in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Summer are
he parens of another sweet little
daughter, who arrived Wednesday.
Miss Harriet Mayer left on Thurs
day for a visit to friends in Spartan
burg.
Miss Mattie Adams spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Columbia.
Mrs. T. P. Richardson, Mrs- Jas.
A. Richadson and Mrs. J. W. Rich
ardson, and Mrs. J. W. Richardson
of Pomaria were visitors in the
city Wednesday.
WILLIAM LOVE McGILL
William Love McGill, 60, died sud
denly at his residence on Main St.
Monday night. He was a native of
North Carolina but had made his
home in Newberry for the past
quarter of a century. He was a lum
berman but had been eemployed by
a local department store for the
past two years.
Mr. McGill is survived by his wife,
one son, Wm. L. McGill, in the
armed services; one daughter, Mrs.
Florence Crump; also several bro
thers a nd sisters.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon and burial was in
Rosemont cemetery.
“CATS AT WAR”
(By W. A. Ridgeway)
Cats help train doctors and nurses,
doctors and nurses help save our
wounded boys. The collection of
cats is being sponsored by the 4-H
Clubs in most of the schools of New
berry county. All stray or undesir
able cats can be used if they meas
ure 16 inches or more in body
length.
The following schedule of collec
tion has been arranged. Others are
to be included later.
Johnston, O’Neal and Stony Hill
school—Thursday morning, January
25th.
C. N. and L. Depot, Prosperity—
January 27th.
Eclipse Saturday
Newberrians, along with the rest
of the country, are looking forward
with interest to the eclipse <Jf the
sun Which is due to occur Saturday
of this week between 8 and 9 o’clock
in the morning. The eclipse will be
total at New York city and extend
across New York State to Buffalo
and thence northwestward. A par
tial eclipse will be visible south
ward from New York.
Birthday Party For
Mias Elizabeth Boylston
In celebration of her 13th birth
day, Mias Elizabeth Boylston in
vited about 12 of her classmates
and friends to an informal after
noon party Tuesday afternoon at
the attractive bungalow of her mo
ther; Miwr^heed C. Boylston, on
Boundary street. The young people
spent a merry afternon playing
games of various kinds, and late in
the afternoon block cream was
served.
PATIENTS IN THE COUNTY
HOSPITAL
Milton Abbott, Saluda; Mrs. Rob
ert Nance, Columbia; Thomas Har
rison Green, Newberry college; Mrs.
Leland Boozer, route one; Mrs. Car
rie McWhi^ter, 1004 Main Steet;
Mrs. James Cromer, route thee;
Mrs. Alice Livingston, Newberry;
Mrs. Henry Dill Whitmire; J. Bailey
Wicker, Prosperity; Mrs. Clarence
Maness, Whitmire; Mrs. Horace
Bouknight, Kinards; Jas. W. John
son, Newberry; Mrs. W. S. Alewine,
609 Drayton street; George Martin,
Newberry, M. C. Newland, Rock
Hill; Mrs. John Glymph, 206 Cald
well street; Mrs. J. S. Watters and
baby daughter, Elizabeth Laurie;
Mrs. J. G. Haile and baby daughter;
Mrs. Levi Koon and baby son, Wal
ter Henry.
AB00T TOWN
LANGLEY ENTERS ARMY
William Langley, manager of the
Little Star Food store on Main SL
for the past two years, left last
week! to report to the army for ser
vice.
ATTENDED GIFT SHOW
W. M. Fennell, proprietor of the
Fennell Jewelry store here attended
the Gift Show in Atlanta, January 22
through the 25th. He also made
purchases for his store while in the
Georgia metropolis.
ACCEPTS POSITION AT THE
WISEMAN HOTEL
Mrs. T. J. West (former Elizabeth
Purcell) has accepted a position at
the Wiseman hotel as office assist
ant, while her husband Captain West
is on duty overseas.
MARTIN UNDERGOES KNIFE
George Martin, manager of the
Farmers Ice and Fuel company, un
derwent an appendix operation at
the county hospital Tuesday morn
ing. He is said to be doing nicely.
GEORGE BROWN walking up
College street Saturday with one
arm full of groceries and the other
loaded with dry cleaning—MRS. E.
B. PURCELL receiving an envelope
of English money from her son, LT.
KEITT PURCELL from overseas—
MRS. R. M. DUCKETT, Whitmire,
carrying a lovely red blooming pot
ted plant up the street—'MRS. H. M.
BRYSON getting into her car with
a floor mop—KIRKSY KOON pinch
hitting in Johnson-McCrackin’s store
while JIM JOHNSON is ill-J. L.
WELLING saying he is kept so busy
all the time he hardly knew what
to do next—C. E. HENDRIX and
son, GENE “killing time” waiting
for theatre to open—It’s beginning
to look like Sundays arouad town
on Wednesday afternoons since most
of the stores have started closing
again for half holidays—FRAZIER
LOMINACK busy taking stock at
his new place of business—MRS. T.
J. WEST calling out bus stops, and
JOHNNY KINARD saying she is
getting the “hang” of it—MAGIS
TRATE LONNIE M. GRAHAM
“studying up on the law”—Birthday
anniversaries through Feb. 2: J. B.
Coward, Jan. 27; Judge Eugene S.
Blease and Mrs. J. B. Coward, Jan.
28; Mrs. B. R. Pickens (Laura
Nance McCaughrin) and Mrs. R. C.
Williams, Jan. 29; Mts. B. E. Stock-
man, Jan. 30; John T. Norris and
Houseal Norris, Jan. 31; Mrs. Hugh
K. Boyd and Mrs. C. E. Hendrix,
Feb. 1; and R. C. Williama, Feb. 2.
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